LSU baseball ranked No. 2 in preseason

11:04 PM,
Jan. 30, 2014

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LSU is ranked No. 2 in the 2014 USA Today Coaches Preseason Poll released Wednesday. Cal State Fullerton is No. 1 in the poll, followed by LSU, Oregon State, Mississippi State, Florida State, Virginia, Oregon, Vanderbilt, North Carolina State and UCLA.

The preseason ranking is LSU's highest since 2010, when the Tigers also began the season at No. 2.

Along with LSU, No. 4 Mississippi State and No. 8 Vanderbilt, SEC teams appearing in the poll include No. 14 South Carolina and No. 20 Florida. Louisiana-Lafayette, a 2014 LSU opponent, is ranked No. 24 in the poll. ...